Play with Your Dog

Help researchers investigate canine behavior by sending video of time spent playing with your furry friends [DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2013]

December 12, 2012

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on Reddit

Share on LinkedIn

Share via

Print

Advertisement

Project Details

Principal Scientist: Alexandra Horowitz and Julie Hecht

Scientist Affiliation: Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab, Barnard College

Dates: Ongoing

PROJECT TYPE: Fieldwork

COST: Free

GRADE LEVEL: All Ages

TIME COMMITMENT: Variable

HOW TO JOIN:

Visit DogHumanPlay.com and follow the instructions:
Complete a short survey
Upload a video of you and your dog playing (in whatever way you like to play together)
Share a picture of you and your dog on our Wall of Contributors (optional)

UPDATE: Please send your video submissions to the researchers by March 31, 2013.

The Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab in NYC is investigating the different ways people and dogs play together, and we need your help (well, you and your dog’s help). We are cataloguing all the ways people play with their dogs and asking dog owners to submit short videos of their own dog-human play.

To participate, find or make a 30-60 second video of you and your dog playing in whatever way you like to play together, and then upload the video to our website and complete a short survey. You are also invited to add a picture of you and your dog to our Wall of Contributors.

By participating in Project: Play with Your Dog, citizen scientists are providing valuable information into the nuances and intricacies of our relationships with dogs.

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www.springernature.com/us). Scientific American maintains a strict policy of editorial independence in reporting developments in science to our readers.